Community Arts Support

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,762

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Minnesota Dance Ensemble

Recipient Type

Non-Profit Business/Entity

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2015

End Date

June 2016

Activity Type

Grants/Contracts

Counties Affected

Benton

Stearns

Project Overview

Community Arts Support

Project Details

Minnesota Dance Ensemble - a non-profit, adult modern dance company based in St Cloud, Minnesota.

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

Janice Courtney: Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the St Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate; Linda Brobeck: visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC, has served on a number of non-profit boards; Al Hams: Founder of Al's Music, author, served on a number of Boards of Directors; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of St Benedict/St John's University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: watercolorist, member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Community Education Art Class instructor; Ken Barry: blues musician, Victorian photographer, Nuclear Engineer; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Board Member; Justin Lewandowski: music advocate, promoter and booking agent, writer, actor, volunteer for a number of organizations.

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

Janice Courtney: Arts Adviser, Assistant Director of the St Cloud State University Program Board, arts advocate; Linda Brobeck: Minnesota visual artist, owner of Crow River North, LLC, serves on a number of non-profit boards; Al Hams: Founder of Al's Music, author, has served on a number of Boards of Directors; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of St Benedict/St John's University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: Watercolorist, Member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Community Education Art Class instructor; Ken Barry: blues musician, Victorian photographer, printer, Nuclear Engineer; Mark Nelson: public school music teacher, choral director, community theatre director, voice lessons instructor, American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota Board Member; Justin Lewandowski: Music advocate, promoter and booking agent, writer, actor, volunteer for a number of organizations.

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota 2015 Special Session, chapter 2, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3

Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$1,762

Other Funds Leveraged

$15,848

Direct expenses

$17,610

Administration costs

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.00

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Increased number of new audience members and participants. Increased audience engagement. Increased community involvement. Increased participation in creative outlets, classes, and workshops held by Minnesota Dance Ensemble. Audience members will be documented by ticket sales. Surveys will provide information about audience members' attendance and frequency of attendance. Attendance is taken at classes. Data will be compared with past results that were documented.

Measurable Outcome(s)

Increased awareness of Minnesota Dance Ensemble and modern dance shown by increased attendance to events, workshops and classes. Box office attendants documented ticket sales to verify audience numbers and attendance was taken at workshops and classes. Increased audience engagement shown by a larger amount of returning audience members and a growing number of new audience members was found through surveys distributed at our annual spring production.

Description of Funds

Source of Additional Funds

Other, local or private

Recipient Board Members

Chuck Norwood, Jeff Ringer, Jill Pauly, Kevin Barnes

Project Manager

Tiffany

Morgan

Minnesota Dance Ensemble

913 St Germain St W

St Cloud

56301-3460